Tent-support.



EGBERT C. (100K, CHCAGCLLLENIS.

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Spesicatien of Letters Patent.

Application nice. September s, 19H8. Serial No. eiil.

f of the stakes due tothe shrinkage of the guy ropes.

' To this endv my' invention consists in e tent support comprising a guy rope having an elastic or spring section in combination with a fastening or tent slip AWlfxic'h can be applied to the eave of the tent wit-hout the use of groinetsf ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aperspeetive view showing a broken section of a tent With two guy ropes applied thereto. 2 is a similar view on a, larger scale, particularly intended to Show the corded edge of the tent ilap or eave, and Fig. 8 is a detail view of the tent slip` ln the drawings, A and B represent the side Walls' of the tent; C, the tent roof or cover, which is provided at the eave or Inar-v gin with a pocket, D, through which a cord, E, is runy so as to ineke a beaded edge.

F represents the` tent slip or fastening Which is'cnmposed of a metal body having two curved jaWs,,tlne opening between, the

ends of which is"less than .the diameter'ov.

the beaded edge, so that it may, be slipped l may be'conneeted by threading the over such beaded edge; and, for further se-` curityv the jaws may be compressed if the-de- Vice is made from malleable metal, as l prefer. The tent slip F has e perforated lug ,t which is engaged by a hool g, formed integrally with the coiled wire spring Gr. The opposite end of this s ring has its terminal coils of `gradually ecrensing diameter so as to adord means for holding. the

knotted end a to the guy rope H. The parte,

through the spring Gf until the lniot comes to its seat, and then the hooi; may he in serted in the' tent slip and the latter securf't. I to the beaded edge of the tent. By forming the tent sli Iwith the anertured lu and the f l i c spring with hook, the former may be manently fastened to the .eeve ci the te and the guy ro se readily connected on dis connected, whic will be found' veryccm-a Yfen'ient in setting` up and striking the tentv .'By providing the guy rope with a flexible section the pulling of the stall "vill be avoided and the tent will beat all tunes ported under the spring; tension. "who spring may be made quite still',l as the shrinlrage is exerted Gradually and is cornpenu sated by the yielding of the springn l claim: l. A tent support comprising a tent slip having oppositely disposed'clamping jaws .adapted to engage the eave olE the tent and a perforated lug, a coiled wire spring havinga hooi; extension adapted to detaehebly engage. through the perforated lug of the tent slip and a guy rope secured' to. the opposits end of the spring, substantially asde I scribed.-

2. A tent support comprising e member adapted to bevsecured to the margin of the tent rooa-7 a coil springcoun'ected at one end.

to said memberand provided et its end. with apoclret of graduellyreduced di;k ameter, and a guy provided with enen? ment seated in said pocket v 3. A tent support conupr-ising` 'a'ineniber adapted to be secured to the margin of they tent roof, a coil spring having at one end an integrally formed hook adapted to enpafeef said member, the coils at the otherv end' of the j springbeing'gradually reduced in diameter to form a pocket, and e. guy rope provided.

withan*enlargement thereon seatfed in, seid pocket-.

I @GEERT C, CQ

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